---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain audit and reporting requirements of regional planning commissions."
description: "Relating to certain audit and reporting requirements of regional planning commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "Texas SB 790 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS (S7253)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Morrison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d183d26-4330-47de-a88b-e458f89dd2a7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 790.xml"
source_hash: "eab154f617ce5f61439f3c600d9e2e6f7dd200043b62dcf736a9e83c9a54acc3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 790 (86) — Relating to certain audit and reporting requirements of regional planning commissions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00790I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d183d26-4330-47de-a88b-e458f89dd2a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).